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The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday filed a fresh prosecution complaint in a cybercrime case, often known as digital arrest, news agency PTI reported..
The agency's action comes a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned citizens about such scams in his monthly 'Mann ki Baat' radio address.o)..
The scammers created 24 shell companies in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and some other states to facilitate the acquisition and laundering of proceeds from cybercrimes, ED said..
The scammers also operated mule accounts to transfer the proceeds of crime, which were converted immediately into cryptocurrency and transferred abroad, the agency's probe has found...
One of the accused in the case played a key role in collaborating with Indian and overseas scammers and assisted in opening bank accounts for shell companies like Cyberforest Technologies Pvt..
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